The Spotting Scope: A Mystery Novel

· Phalarope Press
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208
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"I thought I was in the forever business. National and state parks are supposed to preserve special places for all time. A certain job security had always gone along with that idea if you were a park ranger. But I've learned to never say forever." Jack Morgan had been a park ranger at Saline Lake until the National Monument was shut down by a Congress determined to push back against environmentalism. Leading a search for a 17-year old boy hiking alone in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Jack uncovers connections with a dead man on the shore of Saline Lake, bludgeoned with a birdwatcher's spotting scope. Tensions build in the local community as Jack's knowledge of the landscape reveals a murderous plot that may end his own life, fueled by the inflammatory rhetoric of "People First!" radicals.
"I thought I was in the forever business. National and state parks are supposed to preserve special places for all time. A certain job security had always gone along with that idea if you were a park ranger. But I've learned to never say forever." Jack Morgan had been a park ranger at Saline Lake...

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DAVID CARLE grew up in Orange County, California, received his bachelors degree at U.C. Davis in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology and a master's degree from CSU Sacramento in Recreation and Parks Administration. He is the author of 12 non-fiction books and a historical fiction novel. A ranger in California State Parks for 27 years, from 1982 through 2000, he was at the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, where he shared the unit ranger position with his wife, Janet. They still live near Mono Lake. Books by David Carle webpage: http: //users.Qnet.com/ carle
DAVID CARLE grew up in Orange County, California, received his bachelors degree at U.C. Davis in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology and a master's degree from CSU Sacramento in Recreation and Parks Administration. He is the author of 12 non-fiction books and a historical fiction novel. A ranger in Ca...

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